" am 21, am matured, i know whats good for me, u
don't need to tell me what to do" is what a young
female will tell anybody dat corrects her whenever she
does something unmatured.
"baby you are matured nw..why are u behaving like a
small child. Lets do dis thing once and for all" is what a
guy tells a lady to have sex with her when he
understands that she is not matured.
" guy, u dey do like say u never mature oo...abeg shine
ur eye, no de dull boyz jharee..no b today we de do dis
thing..if u no go mature, we go find person wey mature
make e join us..' is what criminal minded fellows tells a
juvenile, to lure him into crime..
Its quite laughable when one deceives him/herself with
the aforementioned statements with d thoughts that it
is what maturity is all about..
Throughout my years in skul, i came across varieties of
statements defining maturity but the one i considered
'acceptable' to me is the one that says;
"Maturity is a psychological term used to indicate how
a person responds to the circumstance of the
enviroment in an appropriate manner: the adult with a
true maturity is one who has grown out of childhood
experiences without losing childhood best traits. He
has obtained the basic emotional strength of infancy,
the stubborn autonomy of toddlerhood, the capacity
for wonder, pleasure and playfullness of preschool
age, the capacity for affiliation and intellectual curiosity
of the school years, the idealism and passion of
adolescence. He has incorporated these into a new
pattern of simplicity dominated by adult stabillity,
wisdom, knowledge, sensitivity to other people,
responsibillity, strength and purposefullness.
If dis is what maturity entails, then who am i?
- is it maturity for me to sag my trouser nd move on
the street in d name of 'ass down'
when i knw within me that it isnt the right thing to do?
-am i matured if at the age of 35, i fight with old men
on ATM ques just for the singular reason of 'i came
before u' ?
- how matured am i to date more than a single lady/
guy
at a time just for the reason

nice analogy